Combined trunk



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O. HEUM'ADER. COMBINED TRUNK, WARDROBE, m.

No. 500,391 Patented June 27, 1893.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- CHRISTIAN HEUMADER, OFST. JOSEPH, MISSOU RI.

COMBINED TRUN-K, WARDROBE, 84c.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 500,391, dated June 27,1893.

' Application filed March 5, 1892 To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN HEUMADER, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Joseph, in the county of Buchanan and State of Missouri,have invented'certain new and useful Improvements in a Combined Trunk,Wardrobe, &c.; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention relates to a trunk which may be readily converted into awardrobe, bed or desk.

The objects of my invention are first, to construct a receptacle that issubstantial and that may be easily and quickly arranged in proper shapeto serve either as a trunk, a bed, a wardrobe or as a desk; second, toso construct the different parts that the receptacle shall be neat, inappearance, when in use for either of the above mentioned purposes;third, to so construct said receptacle that a minimum amount of spaceshall be occupied by the folding parts, thereby providing a roomyreceptacle; fourth, to so attach the different parts of the receptacleto each other that said parts cannot be transposed or wronglyplaced 5fifth, that no mechanical skill is required to convert this receptacleinto any of the above mentioned parts.

In the drawings Figure l is a perspective view showing wardrobe in fulllines, folded back as a desk in dotted lines and showing it folded as atrunk in broken and dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a side elevation showing thetrunk transformed into a cot. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section.Fig. 4 is a cross section on the line XX Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is asectionalView on the line YY Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a section on the line 2-2 Fig. 5showing the parts folded as a trunk. Fig.7 is a detailed view of the Ushaped hinge.

A represents the body of the receptacle or trunk of rectangular shape towhich is hinged the cover or lid B. by means of the hook hinges B. j

To the cover or lid, B by means of hinges B is secured the tray Gwhichis held or se-' cured in aclosed position by means of the snap springB bare strips of suitable material secured to Serial No. 423,870. (Nomodel.)

the short sides of tray 0 for the purpose hereinafter set forth and Care pivoted bolts the ends of which pass through a slot in the sides ofthe tray near which they are secured respectively.

G is a leaf which is hinged to the tray 0 by means of hinges c and it isadapted to lie snugly against the bottom of the tray andis removablyheld in this position by means of a snap spring 0 The short sides of thecover or lid B are provided with snap springs 13 to be hereinafterreferred to, while a series of hooks B are secured in the top of thecover B.

Secured to the free end of the leaf 0 isa pin or bolt 0 shown in dottedlines Fig. 3, which, when desired, engages the socket c in the top ofthe trunk proper, to hold the lower end of said leaf in rigid connectionwith the trunk when the parts are arranged to form a Wardrobe.

The following description refers solely to the body of the trunk proper:To the longer sides of the trunk, at one end are secured plates F whichhave a suitable opening in or about the middle. In said openings in theplates F the ends of a substantially U shaped rod F are pivoted said rodbeing loosely con nected to a leaf F thus forming a pivotal hinge jointbetween the rod and leaf. To the leaf F is secured another leaf G bymeans of the hinges E said leaf G being provided with a sliding bolt Gand a lock keeper G to be hereinafter referred to On one edge of theleaf F is secured a strip of metal F of greater Width than the thicknessof the leaf F the upper end of which is notched as at f. The upperportion of this strip of metal is free and is also provided with a pinwhich extends through a ledge on the under side of leaf F and engageswith the lock keeper G6 thereby holding the leaf G snugly against theunder side of theleaf F. These leavesF and G when desired are swung intothe trunk body and their free ends rest on the cleat, G while theopposite ends are supported by means of the U shaped rod F. Thus when inthis position they form a separate compar t ment X.

f is a pin or suitable projection secured to the leaf F to behereinafter referred to.

D is a leaf hinged to the trunkbody by means of suitable hinges andprovided with a rib d to which is secured a strip of metal- This TheleafD is a little shorter than the 1 leaf E. These leaves D and E whenfolded; together rest on cleat E and in this position.

form the top or cover of the middle compartment of the trunk the leaf Dbeing flush with the top of the trunk. Thus it will be seen that thetrunk has three separate compart-j ments.

To convert the trunk into a wardrobe the cover is turned back, the hookhinges separated and the cover removed carrying with it the tray C andleaf E are swung to an upright position and the The leaves D and snapspring pin holding them together is pulled out thus releasing E which isturned 3 at right angles to leaf D. The leaves F and G are then swung upto a vertical position turning on the U shaped rod or hinge F and theleaf G is turned at right angles to the leaf F. The cover B is nowplaced upon the leaves D and F while the leaves E and G bear against theoutside of the cover.

After the nersof leaf 0 enter suitably arranged grooves which togetherwith the fastening (J and the: pin or bolt 0 which enters the socket cin the trunk body hold the tray 0 and leaf 0, which I form the back ofthe wardrobe, rigidly in place. The lower part of the tray as seen in;Figs. 3 and 4 forms a very convenient recep-= tacle for small articles.

From hook B articles of apparel may be suspended. Thus it will be seenthat the tray and leaf hinged thereto form the back of the wardrobewhile the leaves D and E, F and G form the sides and door of thewardrobe.

Said doors may be securely locked. The snap springs B eu-Q gage theprojections or pins f or d thereby, securely holding the top B to theleaves F and i D while the pivotal bolts 0 rigidly connect? the tray andleaf 0' to the sides of the ward- I robe.

By securing tray 0 and leaving 0 in j the position indicated in dottedlines in Fig.

1 the leaf 0 may be used as a desk.

If the device is used simply as a trunk and the owner desires a writingdesk all that is necessary is to turn the cover of the trunk. back andrelease the leaf 0' and swing the leaf back thus presenting quite alarge surface on which to write. Or if oneprefers they may entirelydisconnect the cover B from the trunk and place it upon a chair or othersuitable support, then swing the leaf 0 back, either way beingpracticable. A bed or cot is formed by swinging leaves F and G over andresting them on the lid B as shown the leaves D and E being flush withthe top of the trunk body.

It is obvious that many slight changes and alterations may be made inthe parts and combination of parts herein before described and henceIwould have it understood that I do not strictly confine myself to thespecific construction shown.

What I claim,.and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a trunk body of leaves hinged together and tothe ends thereof, means to support the free ends of said leaves in thetrunk, means to connect the leaf to the cover, of the cover, a tray andleaf hinged together and to the cover, and means series is hinged to theopposite side .of the trunk, means to supportthe free ends of saidleaves when folded in the trunk, and means to connect said leaves to thecover, of acover provided with a tray hinged thereto, a leaf hinged tosaid tray, means to connect said leaf to the trunk body, substantiallyas described.

3. In a combined trunk and wardrobe, the

combination with the trunk body of a series :of leaves arranged in pairsand hinged together and to opposite ends of said trunk,

means to support the free ends of said leaves, and means to connect saidleaf to the trunk body, of the cover, the tray and leaf hinged togetherand to said cover, and means to connect said leaf to the trunk bodysubstantially :as described.

4.. The combination with a trunk provided with leaves hinged togetherand to the trunk and adapted to fold therein means to support the freeends of said leaves, of the cover provided with a tray and leaf hingedtogether and to the cover, the pivotal boltsand catches C and 13 securedto the tray and cover and a suitable catch to hold the leaf to thebottom of the tray,.substantially as described.

5. The combination with a trunk body provided with a U-shaped hinge, aseries of leaves connected to said hinge, another series of leaveshinged to the opposite side of said 1 trunk, the combined catch andhinge connected to said series of leaves, means to support the free endsof said leaves when folded in the trunk, of the cover provided with hookhinges, a tray and leaf hinged together and to said cover, the pivotalbolt 0 and catches leaf hinged together and to said cover, and adaptedwhen unfolded, toform the top and back of a wardrobe, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHRIST. HEUMADER.

Witn esses:

H. M. AUERSWALD, VIRGIL WISE.

